Went to the swimming pool yesterday with my daughter. I do not know what I was thinking about but I kept my one and only modern watch at my wrist. Thought those modern speedies were waterproof but they are not...
Any advice?
Keep it like this, the dial might turn to a very desirable brownish tone
Of course, pressure is going to be far worse if you start punching people underwater.
I would expect that swimming in what i guess to be 3m of water or less should not affect watch that is rated to 60m. Good luck on service being covered.
The meters guides on watches are misleading as the 60M simply means that is the watch is absolutely still up to 60 meters under the still water then it should not leak due to the pressure exerted by that depth of water.
If the water is running or you are pushing against water then the water creates more pressure regardless of the actual depth, so this simply means that you can make the watch take on water by diving into a pool or even going under a shower if you exert extra pressure by moving the watch against water or vice versa..
I would never go swimming in a watch with a measly 60m water resistance grading, that is for heavy rain and you can risk washing your hands with it.
You can pull the crown out to make the watch stop until you have it serviced (under warranty of course). These METAS-certified models should be ok for swimming for a year or two, though it is not advisable as you might accidentally depress the pushers underwater. The fact that the Speedy's pushers don't have protection makes the Daytona with screw-down ones a better alternative for swimming.
Wish you good luck in stating your case with Omega.
The meters guides on watches are misleading as the 60M simply means that is the watch is absolutely still up to 60 meters under the still water then it should not leak due to the pressure exerted by that depth of water.
If the water is running or you are pushing against water then the water creates more pressure regardless of the actual depth, so this simply means that you can make the watch take on water by diving into a pool or even going under a shower if you exert extra pressure by moving the watch against water or vice versa..
I would never go swimming in a watch with a measly 60m water resistance grading, that is for heavy rain and you can risk washing your hands with it.
Do you know this to be true or are you making it up from myths on the Internet
Read the link in my post above or Below.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f17/water-resistance-myth-vs-reality-159142.html
Been diving all my life with a lot of diving watches and moving your hand in 60 meters of water does not increase the pressure in a watch or anything more than the most minuscule amount ( due to not being able to move that quick anyway due to the pressure.
Sigh. Another one who needs to read up on the dynamic pressure myth. Moving you arm at 3m depth is not remotely the same as static pressure at 60m. It would be a tiny effect.
From the table above I get the impression that Omega is implying that the Trilogy watches should be OK in surface swimming conditions. It mentions that the crown and pushers should be intact which does not mean the same as operated to me. This raises a couple of questions:-
1) How much water can penetrate past pushers and crowns when operated underwater (assuming the watch is rated: 60m non-screw locked and just a few cm below water) and
2) could there be a manufacturing quality issue with some/all Trilogy watches, e.g. defective or incorrect seals (non-specification compliant) having been used due to delivery schedule pressures?
I guess the only way to be sure is to actually submerge a few watches and operate them, checking for the amount of moisture afterwards....a potentially expensive undertaking.
Is it possible to do such a test with just case, pushers and crown, i.e. with the movement not installed?
I‘m kind of curious to know what happened to this one:-
I think it is Common sense really as 60m water pressure is nothing, for example to put the discussion to extremes, try using a jet washer on a watch and see what happens and then the watch is under only cms of water. Water pressure can be ramped up by movement of water or by pushing an object against water.
Recently a guy i know at the local gym here got his watch to leak water during a 1 hour aqua aerobics class. this was a watch he had used many times normally swimming on the surface with and it was a 100m water resist.. Diving into a pool off a high board is another way to exert extra water pressure on a watch.
As I said "I would not go swimming in a watch with a measly 60m water resist rating", that goes especially for an expensive one with chrono push buttons, you must do what you feel is right.
Sigh, Not if the chrono button was pushed under water and not if the person was diving from a high board, as we do not know the full story and you do not need the full 60m depth of water to make a watch leak water, just the equivalent pressure. I would not go swimming in an expensive chrono with a measly 60M water resist, you however must do what you feel is right for you.
Sigh, Not if the chrono button was pushed under water and not if the person was diving from a high board, as we do not know the full story and you do not need the full 60m depth of water to make a watch leak water, just the equivalent pressure. I would not go swimming in an expensive chrono with a measly 60M water resist, you however must do what you feel is right for you.
Nor would I buy your gut feelings and suppositions are not backed up by science. Now you are taking about button pressing which is a nice swerve, you were on about dynamic pressure earlier which has been debunked over and over. Yes buttons and crowns are entry risk points but still have gaskets, see above for more info.
